Description length check mod

[Nobody]

Does anybody have the code to the mod that goes like this:
"Description requires between xx-xx characters."

[Romario]

Min and Max check.

[Nobody]

Exactly, that's what I'm trying to say. Thank you!

Anyone? Jim, you have that mod?

[Nobody]

I think Jim Westergren is using this mod, for instance. Please, I would be very happy of someone posted the mod here?

[Ap0s7le]

Something like this?
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-Casey

[yktan]

Beautifully done Casey!

[Nobody]

Not exactly. I like that mod and I would like to have it, but what I'm actually looking for is a mod that says "Hey! The description field must contain minimun XX letters and max XX letters." in the sumbit procedure.

[yktan]

Hi Nobody,

What you want is a validation during submission that validates whether or not a text field contains text of a certain length. To achieve that, submit.php would have to be modified. Personally, I am not able to do this now, maybe our good man Casey can give you some help?

[Ap0s7le]

Hmm, so just flag an error message eh?

Yup, we can do that if you need it.

[eli03]

anyone want to share a mod for this topic?

[SEO-Man]

i second that i could use this i feel it would cut down on a lot of spam.

I dont like caned spam dont taste good so please help me get rid of it.

[Ap0s7le]

This is doable for sure.

You can ask yktan, we get so busy that it's hard to leave the house and so sometimes it takes forever for smaller things to get done.

We'll get her hammered out.

Regards,

-Casey

[SEO-Man]

@ Ap0s7le

Thank you for the offer but $20 is more then one should pay since it dont take an hour to do and i could hire some one local to do it for that amount.

Looks like i will have to outsource this just like i have outsourced all my other work on my directory.

[Ap0s7le]

SEO-Man,

It depends, really.

What you would have gotten for that price was more secure then what you asked for. Do you know why?

I like to leave a site better off, and not just give them something that wont work in the future. What's nice about my mod would be that people using scripts to submit would also be checked, rather than completely bypass the JS validation.

I'm sorry that I value my time, I'm sure you could ask many here about me and find out I go above and beyond.

Heck, sometimes I overprice just to get rude people off my back.

Kind Regards,

-Casey

[SEO-Man]

What you would have gotten for that price was more secure then what you asked for. Do you know why?

I like to leave a site better off, and not just give them something that wont work in the future. What's nice about my mod would be that people using scripts to submit would also be checked, rather than completely bypass the JS validation.

kind of like the way it should be how else would some one do it?

I mean if your going to pay for something you think some one is going to do it any different?

Heck, sometimes I overprice just to get rude people off my back.

No its called you try and find a sucker that you can charge an hour labor for something that takes 10 mins tops.

I'm sorry that I value my time, I'm sure you could ask many here about me and find out I go above and beyond.

yes i can see why your making an hours labor for something that takes 10 mins to do.

If i was charging peolpe an hour labor and new it would take 10 mins to do i would help out a lot of peolpe as well.

I wish you luck in finding more peolpe that are willing to pay 5 times the amount that some one should pay.

One thing i like to mention is that i never would mind paying but when i know something is over priced i feel the person is trying to take me for a ride and does not respect his clients.

[Ap0s7le]

Haha

You asked for a JS validation, most people would take what you said and provide you JUST that. Especially if you're paying them 5 bucks.

Today I got a bonus from a man. Strange isn't it? He must have been suckered into thinking I did a great job. Those crazy people

I'm done with the convo, it can't take over this thread because then I'll have to delete it and then it'll look like a coverup of some evil mastermind.

Thanks for your thoughts SEO-Man, I hope you find what you're looking for and it's better than I could have provided.

Kind Regards and Best Wishes.

-Casey

[SEO-Man]

You asked for a JS validation, most people would take what you said and provide you JUST that. Especially if you're paying them 5 bucks

Well i offerd you $10 but it didnt matter what i offerd you.

The fact of the matter was i new i was getting ripped off for what i wanted.

If i wanted what you offerd then i would have said i wanted what you offerd.

Did i ask for what you offerd? NO

I feel in business you listen to your clients needs not what you want to do.

Its like if i asked you for a ford car are going to charge me the price for a BMW?

[Ap0s7le]

My whole point is, you asked for help to get rid of canned spam.

Plain JS wouldn't have done that, but from your site I gathered you wanted it to popup and tell them about the Min/Max.

I could have done just that, but it wouldn't have been helpful per your request in this thread to help get rid of spam.

I'm sorry for offering more than a ford, I thought you wanted a ford body, just with a decent engine.

This topic is over, please refrain from posting anymore unless it's in regards to the thread topic or all unnesessary post will be removed. That's not personal, just keeps thread hijacking down.

-Casey

[eli03]

bummpp. anyone want to share the script for free ? I think it's only 1 to 3 line of code in php.

[Jim_Westergren]

The first time I see this thread ...

I originally paid Casey to do it for me a long time ago. I believe $25 or something.

I am a nice guy, here it is for free:

In submit.tpl:

  		<textarea name="DESCRIPTION" rows="3" cols="37" class="text">{$DESCRIPTION}</textarea>
		{validate form="submit_link" id="v_DESCRIPTION" message=$smarty.capture.desc_l}

admin/messages.tpl:

{capture name='desc_l'}
<span class="errForm">{l}Full description requires between 100 - 255 characters.{/l}</span>{/capture}

submit.php:

	SmartyValidate :: register_validator('v_DESCRIPTION', 'DESCRIPTION:100:255', 'isLength', false, false, true, 'trim', 'submit_link');

To be placed after:

	SmartyValidate :: register_validator('v_RECPR_ONLINE', 'RECPR_URL', 'isRecprOnline', !$recpr_required, false, false, null, 'submit_link');